CVE-2026-49449

low

Description

Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. From 1.4.0 until 3.7.2, packages/renderer/MdToHtml/rules/katex.ts enables KaTeX's trust option for note content, allowing a note author to place a \href URL into rendered output without passing Joplin's normal URL allowlist. On Windows, clicking a link whose target is an attacker-controlled UNC path causes pathExists() to initiate SMB authentication and disclose the current user's NTLMv2 challenge-response without a warning. The unfiltered URL can also invoke other registered URL handlers, but the credential disclosure through KaTeX \href is the distinguishing demonstrated impact. This issue is fixed in version 3.7.2.

References

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-9m2r-pv96-jxr3

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/pull/15538

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b15472bc9654a72101b34b79c9436b3d450e2c10

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-84168

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 2.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00196